Police, March 11

Hazleton Area School District police reported the following incidents:

■ Two 12-year-old males charged with disorderly conduct following a fight at Maple Manor Elementary/Middle School on Feb. 17.

■ A 19-year-old male charged with public drunkenness for being under the influence of a controlled substance at Hazleton Area High School on Feb. 28.

■ A 13-year-old male was charged with criminal mischief after punching and smashing a mirror in a bathroom at Maple Manor on Feb. 23.

■ An 18-year-old male charged with purchase, possession, consumption or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages after arriving at the high school for a basketball game on Feb. 24 while under the influence of alcohol.

■ Two males, ages 17 and 18, were charged with possession of tobacco or tobacco products on school property following an incident at Hazleton Area Career Center on Tuesday.

■ Two males, ages 15 and 17, were charged with disorderly conduct following a fight outside the high school on March 3.

Man injured in 2-car I-80 crash

A Muncy man suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash along Interstate 80 in Butler Township on Friday morning, state police at Hazleton said.

Matthew Meeder, 80, reported that he struck a pothole or a “raised area” beneath snow while traveling in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 — west of the Route 309 overpass — that caused him to lose control of his vehicle and travel into the path of a truck driven by Lee Lockard, 60, Mifflintown, state police said.

Meeder’s vehicle was struck by the truck and traveled into a center median, troopers said. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton for minor injuries, police said.

Valley Regional EMS also responded to the incident.

Crash passenger turns combative

A Weatherly woman struggled with police and threatened them after a violent Dec. 26 crash where police allege her husband was intoxicated while driving.

Kristen L. Samuel, 30, faces simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct by state police at Hazleton. The charges were filed Jan. 26 and she was arraigned March 1 by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola, Hazleton, who released her on her own recognizance. She waived her right to a preliminary hearing.

Samuel and her 4-year-old son were passengers in the vehicle Crishner C. Samuel, 30, was driving and crashed Dec. 26 on Route 93 in Packer Township, troopers said.

Arrest papers state while emergency crews were tending to the crash, Kristen became irate and uncooperative with first responders, so troopers detained her in a police vehicle. where she continued her behavior.

Troopers said they took her to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton due to her suspected level of intoxication. In the hospital lobby, Kristen Samuel kicked a trooper three times before she was restrained, court papers state. She continued yelling and screaming while being carried to a room where she was restrained and evaluated.

The commotion she caused, court papers state, resulted in nurses being unable to care for other patients.

Crishner Samuel was charged and his case is pending before Magisterial District Judge Joseph Homanko, Weatherly.

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